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Abbeville Press and Banner Pctablished 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Monday, November 1, 1920 Single Copies, Five CenU. 77th Year. LUCK BREAKS FOR NEWBERRY; ' ABBEVILLE LOSES CLOSE GAME TO NEWBERRY BY ONE POINT, SCORE BEING 14 TO 13.?"TIS VAIN TO QUARREL WITH OUR DESTINY."?THORNWELL ORPHANAGE PLAYS HERE FRIDAY NOV. 5.?OTHER NEWS. Master William Shakespeare says: "What fates impose, that men must ? ? ? i mi. needs abide." The Aooevnie mgu school eleven went up against just such a proposition as confronted King Edward in Henry VI when he made the above statement. With a perfectly good game of football sewed up at the close of the first half with the team from Newberry Friday afternoon, Dame fortune deserted the; local team and her place was filled for the entire second half by here daughter, Miss Fortune. In the beginning of the game Friday Abbeville simply rushed Newberry off their feet and scored the first touchdown in less than three minutes after the ball was first kicked off. Big Galloway missed goal, however, and the first quarter ended Abbeville 2; Newberry 0. In the second quarter after outplaying the visitors in every opportunity Tate made another touchdown for Abbeville and Gallowty's toe was just right this time. Score at the close of the first half; Abbeville 13; Newberry 0. During the ten minutes intermission between halves "Daddy" Longshore, Vernon Peele and some say Prof. McTyeire Daniel, wigwagged to the Newberry team that they were three gentlemen who either claimed New- j berry as their native heath or else! had resided in Col. Aull's town for a | spell and they would like to see a closer game, no matter how close so long as they didn't beat Abbeville. The message was delayed in transmission until just before the second half opened and when received by the Newberry warriors it evidently read "Abbevillio delanda est' or or something similar for those Newberry swamp rabbits came back strong in that fatal second half and! blocking a play attempted by BillyLong knocked the ball from his I hands in their onslaught and Parris tVio rollinc nicskin for a touchdown. Tarrant kicked goal making the score Abbeville 13; Newberry This vMs enough to state the pride of "Daddy," Prof. Daniel and the other preacher's son, Vernon, but this lone touchdown just gave Newberry a taste of blood and they didn't stop until Hardman completed a pass back of goal for a second touchdown. Tarrant was again on the job and at the end of the third quarter the score was Abbeville 13; Newberry 14. The fourth quarter was the most cxciting of all. Both teams played for all they were worth but the score re mained the same throughout the quarter. Billy Long took advantage of a fair opportunity to kick a field goal but missed going over the horizontal bar between goal posts by six inches. Several of Abbeville's regulars were out of the game, George Smith, Fred Leslie, Allen Long, Jr. Foster Barnwell, Jr., and Ashby Galloway, but Abbeville did not play the jambup ball they have been playing against other teams this season. All of us have our off days and this was certainly was an off day for the high school eleven. The score might well have been 20 to 0 in favor of Abbeville and nobody surprised but fate was agin' us. Jack Bradley playing gaurd for Abbeville showed up well in tackling and Tate was again a star Tarrant was the shining star for Newberry. One thing we are thankful for is the fact that we have a return game with Newberry, Friday, Nov. 12, when we will bring home the bacon. The line up in Friday's game was: Galloway, B? C__ Boozer Bowie, RT Thornton Bradley, R. RG Barnes Barnwell RE West LETTER FROM DR. SWOPE Former Pastor of Baptist Church In Abbeville Meets Success in His New Field In Philadelphia Interested in Abbeville. Sending in his renewal to the Press and Banner, Dr. George W. Swope, formerly gifted pastor of the A 1-1 -I'- PViuV/tVi foil <5 H<5 of ADUt;Vine uajitiou uumvu >v? ? ? his work in Philadelphia, and writes of Abbeville and Abbeville people as follows: Dear Mr. Greene, j I am sending you $1.50 for the renewal of the paper. We all read it with great interest as it brings us items of news from our many friends. Things are moving along nicely. We have 54 additions in four months of work. We have a nursury for the kiddies during service, Camp Fire Girls and Blue Birds bands for the younger girls; Junior, Intermediate and Senior B. Y. P. U. organizations for the youths; a Men's Brotherhood is in process of organizai tion, all phases of woman's work, ad infinitum. So you see I have gotten into much work. My mind often turns with pleasant memories and in loving remembrance to Abbeville. My two and a quarter years there record a congenial chapter in my life. I have just noted with pleasure Chief Justice Gary's convalescence, He is one of the finest and most interesting men I have ever met, scholarly without being pedantic; profound without being vain; brilliant without being pretentious. Can't you manufacture j some excuse for me to visit the city | again? Most Cordially, Geo. W. Swope. I Bradley, J. LG Zeigler Tate LT __ __Caldwell Bradley, H. LE Parrish I Gambi;ell RH Spearman (Harris LH Cromer Long, B. QB Hardiman Barksdale FB Tarrant Referee, McMillan (Clemson); umpire, Reames (Clemson); headlinesman, Clark (Hampde-Sidney.) Orphanage Here Friday. The strong team from Thornwell Orphanage that has defeated P. C. scrubs will play Abbeville here Friday, Nov. 5. This team averages better than most high school teams and will probably be the best team seen here this season with the exception of Greenville. Game called at four o'clock. Prof. Parkinson To Speak. i Prof. B. L. Parkinson, State High School Inspecor, has accepted an invitation to address the next meeting of the Parent-Teacher association which meeting will be held Tuesday afteroon, Nov. 11th, in the graded school building. Prof. Parkinson recently visited the Abbeville high school and praised conditions there. The entire program of this November meeting of the parents and teachers will be devoted to high school problems. i . j Dr. Whaling Speaks to High School. By request the student body of the Abbeville high school assembled in the County Court House this morning at nine o'clock and heard a splendid address by Dr. Thornton Whaling oi the Theological Seminary, Columbia Dr. Whaling has been designated bj the Y. M. C. A. to deliver addresses to high school students on the ques' tion of selecting their life work anc his excellent talk this morning wa: attentively heard by the high schoo students.. I Teachers to Go to School. Supt. Fulp and Principal Danie of the city schools have organized th< graded teachers and the high schoo I teachers into two classes which wil meet for the first time Thursday af ternoon in their respective building: to study books on teaching method: and pedagogy in general. The gradei teachers' class will be lead by th< superintendent and will first stud; Robbins "The School as a Social In (Continued on Page 4) TEN CHARGED WITH AON TWO RESIDENCES, GIN AND OTHER BUILDINGS BURNED IN ALABAMA?FIRE ON SHERIFF GOING TO GIVE AID?TWO NEGROES KILLED BY OFFICERS IN CLASH WITH BLACKS? -tor? nor i ve At IT r 1IN.C. OIVC.MIVJ WU 1 . Montgomery, Ala., Oct- 31.?Ten negroes are in the Montgomery I county jail charged with arson as the result of the burning last night in the "Black Belt" district of the county, about 20 miles south of Montgomery, of the summer home of Dr. N. H. McCrummell, the residence of G. Gibson, the cotton gin of J. T. Davis with ten bales of cotton and a quantity of cotton seed, a grist mill, several barns and negro tenant houses. Sam Watkins and Bim Lee, negroes, were shot and killed by a sheriff's possee shortly after midnight after hey had fired upon an automobile containing Sheriff Scoggin and hree deputies. The sheriff and his deputies were en route to the scene to investigate the fires. The outbreaks occurred on the farms , of J. T. Davis ad M. S. Holton, white farmers, but the negroes killed and arrested are tenants and laborers for the most part on an adjoining farm and no motive is ascribed for the at tacks. The fires broke out simultaneously | and a reign of terror ensued among the families of the white farmers who began telephoning the sheriff's office for assistance. Responding promptly Sheriff Scoggin, with four deputies, set out for the scene in an 1 automobile which was fired upon from the roadside as it approached the locality. The sheriff's posse had narrow escape from death and only saved themselves by jumping from i the car on the opposite side of the road from whence the shots came and falling to their knees. Using the automobile as a shield they killed two of the negroes and effected the capture of ten others. A hurried telephone call to the county jail and police department brought reinforcements and a dragnet was quickly spread about the locality but only two other suspects were thereafter arrested during Sunday. A strong guard of deputies is J patrolling the affected scene tonigh The governor's office has not as yet been officially notified of the outbreak and it is not expected that , troops will be called out. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 31?Activities of fire torch bands broke out in Montgomery county anew Sunday [ night when the cotton gin of M. E. McLemore, nine miles from Monti gomery was burned to the ground. The burning of the McLemore gin followed a Saturday night of maraud?? - ?l'.I. x. ?? , ing in wniun two negrues weic &uicu, i two cotton gins, four houses, eight barns, ten bales of cotton, two tons of cotton seed ond 40 bushels of , crushed corn were burned. Sheriff i John L. Scoggin, and a possee of coun i ty deputies and policemen arrested - 20 negroes early Sunday morning, all [ but six being released. DEATH OF INFANT. r 5 Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Evans have th? . sympathy of their friends on accounl | of the death of their infant daughtei 3 Annie Clark. 1 CHILD DOES NOT IMPROVE The little daughter of Mr. and Mr: 1 Theo White which has been des ; perately sick for several days at th( ] White home on South Main streei 1 does not improve. It is suffering fron . an attack erysipelas. RED CROSS MEETING s j The annual meeting of the Re< Cross will be held in the Counci ^ Chamber at he City Hall, Wednes day afternoon at 4 o'clock. Officer - are to be elected and other impor tant business will be attended to. THE PRESIDENTIAL , CAMPAIGN ENDS BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY t AS CANDIDATES CLOSE ( SPEAKING TOUR? SOCIAL- t ISTS EXPECT BIG VOTE? v WILL HAYS CLAIMS 395 ELEC- * TORAL VOTES. WHITE GIVES s NO FIGURES. a f New York, Oct. 31.?The presi- 5 dential campaign of 1920, waged h principally around the League of t Nations, formally closed Saturday night. ii Many of the leading figures of s Republican and Democratic tickets 0 addressed audiences in the east and f middle west. Sunday they took rest. * Monday will bring the last toot of v the campaign horn and the last flare of red light. Tuesday will come the F voting. r But although on Monday there will s be staged the final skirmish for * n votes, the real battle ended Saturv day. It was marked, with expression of confidence in victory from rival ' headquarters. "The evidence of the overwhelm- * ing Republican victory hourly in e tit-11 ^ creases', was tne statement 01 w iu | H. Hays, chairman of the Republi\ can national committee. "It is now I certain that the Republicans will have a minimum total of 368 electo- * c ral votes. We will have a gTeatly in, creased majority in the house and a , substantial majority in the senate.' ^ White's Forecast a This from George White, chairman of the Democratic national , committee: "Cox and Roosevelt will win. They will have a party majority in the 4 senate and house.' < Socialist headquarters, while mak- e ing no claim of electoral votes, pre- 1 dieted that the party would poll the 1 largest vote in its history?3,000,- J 000 some leaders claimed. While as1 ?ni4in? +>104- TYianv nf th<>ae ballots s DOi UliLfjy VliMW , _ , , _ would represent party converts, So-1 c cialist advocates also prophesied that many would represent , a protest vote against imprisonment or 'political prisoners' including Eugene V. Debs, their own presidential i candidate, now in the Atlanta peni- c i tentiary for violation of the espion- r age act. ( i All parties took into consideration 1 swelling of the vote by appearance I of women casting their ballots for president. i Claims of Hay*. \ In his prediction of victory for i Senator tiaraing ana uovemui | i Coolidge, Mr. Hays laid claim to the r following states: f California, Colorado, Connecticut, t Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan- t sas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michi- \ gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, 1 1 New Jersey, New York, North Dako- c ' ta, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, i J Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, ' ; Vermont, Washington, West Virgin- t ia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. i 'In addition,' said Mr. Hays, 'the 1 Republicans have very much better i than an even chance to carry Arizona, Kentucky, Maryland and New s Mexico, with 27 additional electoral 1 votes. This makes 395 Republican t electoral votes almost certain out of 1 ' - ?.?1 KOI / u a cvtax \jjl t/ajit j _ [ "Republican victory in Kentucky is absolutely certain provided the i weather is such that it is practical- < ly possible for the great Republican < majority in the mountains of east- i , ern Kentucky to get to the polls. ] This same element enters into the 1 , result in Tennessee, where there is < fc a splendid chance for the Republi- J j cans. We also have a splendid op- portunity to carry North Carolina 1 and Oklahoma. This makes the prob-J i ability of an additional 34 votes. 1 "The only states certainly Demo- ] 1 cratic are Alabama, Arkansas, Flor- : - ida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South : s Carolina, Georgia, Texas and Vir- i - ginia. i "The electorate of America which : BOY SCOUTS TO MEET ruetday Night at 7:30 in Council Chamber.?Fifty Boys Hive Joined and More Expected. ?A Summer Camp. There will be the fourth meeting of he Boy Scouts tomorrow night i/uesaayj jnov. z, at 7:40 r. ivi. m he City Council Rooms. The meeting /ill begin promptly at the stated lour. At this meeting the boys will tand examination on the Scout Law, ,s one of the necessary requirements or the Tenderfoot Badge. There were >0 boys at the last meeting, and it is loped that there will be 75 or 100 at i his third one. ] The interest which the boys evince 1 s of the best, and here it may be 1 tated that there is a splendid spirit f cooperation on the part of the I larents who are standing back of 1 he movement. Last meeting there /era six men there, and they helped argely in the decision of debated loints. Two of the assistant Scoutnasters were there to help Mr. Derbyhire, and the other two have stated hat they will be at later meetings. Phese men have said that they will lelp the movement by making short iddres ;es on points decided on at the neetings previous, and it is hoped hat others of the parents will show heir interest by appearing at one or nore of the meetings. The regular meetings' of the Scouts vill be Tuesday evenings at 7:45 P. unless stated otherwise in the >apers. The matter of next summer's amp will be taken up shortly, and lere it will be necessary for the par;nts to come forward and with their neans and interest, make the camp i success. THE COTTON MARKET Cotton futures opened up about [0 points,today above Saturday's ilose, but declines carried the markst back to Saturday's closing figires of 21.50 for December. New fork spots were up 50 points to 52.50. The market in Abbeville stood ibout Saturday's figures, the best :otton selling for 23 cents. VISITORS FROM ANDERSON Mrs. J. L. Sherrard and Mrs. Bur iss came down from Anderson Friiay and spent until Saturday afterloon with Mrs. Ella Wilson on Hhestnut street. Mrs. Sherrard will >e remembered in Abbeville as Miss rannie Pinckney. s for 'America first,' is simply vaiting for the opportunity to voice t protest against in efficiency, exravagance and autocracy iA governnent; tq express its complete confiience in the constructive abaility of he Republican party in a manner ;hat will be heard around the vorld.' Mr. White, who declared .tonight le had spent the last three days :hecking up detailed reports from ill state chairmen, asserted he saw no reason to alter my forecast in vhich I predicted a certain victory :or the Democratic ticket.' Mr. White referred to a predction he nade yesterday. 'But, in perfect fairness,I want to :ay that this will not be alone a Democratic victory. It will be vic;ory of America, a victory over disoyalty and partisanship, a victory >ver the councils of selfishness. "This nation wants to establish md maintain world peace in con:ert with those nations which were >ur allies in the struggle against mruvrialiam T+ wftTlts tft the Monroe doctrine to the world. It svants to secure peace in the eastern hemisphere as in the western, ind to spare future generations of A.mericans from the necessity of laying down lives abroad to save mankind frim military domination. "We have won the argument for peace. We have won it despite the fact that an absolutely clean and fair campaign on our part has been conducted in the face of a campaign that bore every other semblance but fairness and cleanliness.' BANKS ARE ON SOUND BASIS . TWENTY-FOUR PER CENT GROSS REVENUE MADE?COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY PLEAS2D WITH NEW HIGH RECORDONLY FIVE BANKS WENT INTO HANDS OF RECEIVERS DURING THE YEAR Washington, Oct. 31?The 8,157 national banks of the country reported a gross revenue of $1,109,000,000 or 24 per cent, on their capital, for he fiscal year ended last June 30, said a statement today by John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency. This, Mr. Williams said, was a new high record. Only five banks went into the hands of receivers during the year a record exceeded only by that of the year before when there were no failures. v $ Mr. Williams decalred the national banks had met the "severest" of war and reconstruction in a way that proved their "solid strength and the wisdom and fidelity" of those who direct them. "The facts and figures," he added, "must give the American people .and the world increased confidence in the safety and power of the banking and business interests of this country." ' Earnings of the banks came only from interest and discount, Mr. Wil'UJ liams said, although a total of $97,000,000 was obtained from exchange and collecion charges and *other miscellaneous sources. Losses charged off by the banks were distributed as follows: $31,200,00 on loans and discounts, $61,700,000 on bonds and other securities; and $21,000,000 on miscellane- 1 ous losses. The banks paid interest to depositors aggregating $287,600,000. Their taxes amounted to $79,400,000. 'The shrinkage in the value of our principal commodities and faifticdes of producion during the fiscal year ended October 31," Mr. Williams said "is the greatest in commercial history, not only in amount but in proportion of the decline to former values. "The national banking system of the United States has not only endured unshaken the phenomenal changes but has prospered and grown geadily and substantially, in the midst of them. During the past fiscal year 361 charters were granted for new national banks with capital of $31,077,500 and 608 national banks have increased their capital a total of $104,618,100. The net increase of authorized national banking capital for the year, after subtracting all reductions, by consolidations, voluntary liquidations, receiverships and reductions of capital is $118,810,000. This is 50 per cent, more than the greatest increase for any preceding year since 1865." LAND SALES. Judge of Probate, Jones F. Miller, sold the Clinkscales tract of land, located near Level Land, and containing 72 1-18 acres today to Samuel Ellis at $45 per acre. The Master offered the Pressly land for sale again today, and it was bid in by a member of the family at $15.00 per acre. THREE PRETTY VISITORS. Misses Bettie Morrah, Essie DuPre and Rebecca Morris, were in Abbeville today in the interest of the Annnnl 4-V.- TIT >_ rT,L i&uiiuai vi me vv uuidii s ^onege. xney called on the Press and Banner force. Miss Morrah is the pretty and attracive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Morrah of Belfevue, Miss DuPre is a daughter of the late Calhoun DuPre, of Greenwood and has all the good looks of her mother. Miss Morris is the pretty young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Foser Morris of Willington. The three are popular students at the Woman's College. IV >V2&